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Silent sea

Another Long Exposure of a jetty on the shores of Denmark. This is the same jetty of my previous post “Crabfishing”, slightly after father and daughter photobommed me…

I put the exposure on 30 seconds to completely smooth out the water.

This image is available in print. See the “Fine Art” section on my website.

Jetty

One of the photography techniques I enjoy a lot is Long Exposure. This is a jetty on the shores of Denmark.

Denmark has quite a bathing culture, summer ànd winter. Dipping (or skinny dipping) in the sea and relaxing on the jetty with friends or family is a common sight. Happy me that I chose a jetty to photograph with some people on it moving around a little to give just enough indication they were there.

I put the exposure on 30 seconds to completely smooth out the water.

This image is available in print. See the “Fine Art” section on my website.

Sitting, waiting, fishing

After a long break, I am back to posting pictures on my blog.

I am just back from extended travels on the island of Bali, Indonesia. With a sidestep to Lombok to climb the Rinjani-volcano (second highest peak in Indonesia at 3.726 meters) and some relaxing on the Gili Meno island just next to Lombok.

We travelled extensively over the island of Bali, escaping most of the intensive tourism that goes on in the south part of the island. I will be posting some of my favorite pictures I took along the way.

This is an image of two boys fishing in the lake of Danau Beratan: one of the lakes on the top of the volcano of Bali. A long expsoure.

Rock the boat

A lonesome gondola waiting for the tourist-season. No cars in the city of Venice, Italy. The boat is the way to go. Or your feet.

In the month of January the city is quite calm and quite devoid of tourists. Temperatures are low, however above freezing mostly. And foggy conditions are possible. In other words wonderful weather conditions for interesting photography. On top of that prices are low too. Prices are already on the rise at the moment as the city is 'waking up'. Reasons for me to offer a two-day photography workshop in Venice in the winter 2015/16. Check out my webpage for more information.

 

S.T.I.C.K.S.

Venice like you've never seen before, I suppose.

A second image in a series of abstracts I made during an intensive four days photography-trip to Venice, Italy. An amazing, amazing city with loads of (obvious) photo-opportunities, but also loads of unconventional ways of depicting this ancient city and its surroundings.

This image is, as was my previous post,  of fishing nets resting on a construction of poles standing in the middle of the lagoon that surrounds Venice. Perfect subject for a long exposure.

Check out the detail below.

N.E.T.

Venice like you've never seen before, I suppose.

I have just returned from four days of photography in Venice, Italy. I love my job. It takes me to the most wonderful places and I get to meet the most amazing people. And I am lucky to get the opportunity to go to Venice  for work. Four days of intense  photography in perhaps my favorite city in the world.

This image is  of fishing nets resting on a construction of poles standing in the middle of the lagoon that surrounds Venice. Perfect subject for a long exposure.

 

Harsh coast (II)

One of the pictures I took last week on the rocks outside the citywalls of El Essaouira in Morocco. (See my previous post.)

This is a 30 second exposure using an 10-stop ND filter. (For those not 'in the know': this filter blocks a lot of light making long exposures in the daytime possible.)

This picture, as many of my other pictures, is available in print. If you are interested, you may send me a message

Harsh coast

I am just back from travelling through Marrocco for a week. One of the places to visit was the coastal town of El Essaouira with its wonderful medina and ancient Portuguese fort. Just outside the walls of the medina the waves of the Atlantic bash at the most wonderful rock-formations. The waves were quite fierce at this point but going outside the defensive walls on the rocks for some long exposure shots was absolutely worth the risk.

This is one of the results.

I managed to keep myself and my gear dry, although at one point I had only just left a spot where seconds later a massive wave hit the rocks......